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How valuable is Preventive Care in everyday life?

A well-informed and a proactive patient engages in more healthy and preventive practices!

The patient as a consumer is
an important resource in the healthcare industry. The medical profession has made rapid strides
over the past few decades. As a result,
extensive usage of information technology is widely visible in healthcare
industry. Today’s patient has ready
access to medical information and is well informed. Thus, healthcare consumers have
also discovered smart ways to engage with their medical providers, as they are
more aware of their medical conditions and realize the need to partner with their
providers.

Patients are no longer
passive recipients of care. Motivation, engagement and involvement of the
patient in decision-making are the cornerstones of a successful healthcare practice.

Queuing
up in large numbers for their turn in hospitals/clinics has become a painful
routine for today’s chronically ill patients. Treatment of these complex
diseases often involves a very large “behavioral component,” as treatment is usually
protracted over an extended period of time and often requires lifestyle anddietary modifications to be adopted by the patient.

Only if the patient is
motivated and makes the necessary changes, treatment will be successful.Therefore, active participation of the
patient is imperative.This underscores
the importance of patient motivation and engagement as important factors in
improving healthcare outcomes.

Nowadays, senior citizen
prefers to live independently, free of worries, in an assisted living
environment or retirement community. Smart remote monitoring solutions can help
empower, engage them to proactively manage their health especially who suffer
from chronic conditions like, diabetes, cardiac illness, renal disease, etc. or
require recurrent services.

mHealth apps are a “treasure
trove” of information. Similarly, wearable medical technology is fast becoming
a hot commodity and has a huge potential to help both patients and healthcare
providers in monitoring and care coordination activities. Patients can log in
through the portal and access information pertaining to his/her medical
condition, different modalities of treatment available, and advances in the
therapeutic procedures.Patients can
view their health status, lab reports, list of medications prescribed,
physician notes etc. and share specific, relevant information with the
physicians or medical facilities they engage without having to move around
physically. The patient can also request for medication refills or schedule an appointment
with the physician at his/her own convenience.

An empowered and informed patient
knows the physician and the specialist who he/she is dealing with.Since the patient has knowledge about the
symptoms, he/she knows whom to call when new symptoms arise or if the condition
worsens.Thus, these innovations provide
flexibility and allow patients to take charge of their care.The healthcare team could also engage/involve
the patient’s family members who are the main support system.

To
sum it up, a well-informed and a proactive patient engages in more healthy and
preventive practices. Involving the
patient in the process of delivering healthcare improves the quality of
therapeutic outcomes.

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